Mary Allen
Anthu ambiri amaweta nkhuku zawo, ngakhale m’mizinda. Chifukwa cha luso lamakono, khama ndi ndalama zimasungidwa mkati mwa malire. Komabe, sizingatheke popanda ndalama ndi kukonzekera.
Pamene kasupe wa zakuthambo akuyamba pa March 20, sikuti chilengedwe chimadzuka ku moyo watsopano, komanso chikhumbo cha anthu ambiri pa chiweto. Kawirikawiri, kusankha kumagwera pa ubweya wanyama: mphaka woti agwire, galu woti ayang'anire nyumba ndi bwalo, kapena nkhumba yokonda. Ngati ndi mbalame, ndiye mwina budgerigar kapena canary. Palibe amene amaganiza zoweta nkhuku ngati ziweto?
N’zosakayikitsa kuti nkhuku si zoseŵeretsa zokhutiritsa, ndiponso siziri ziweto m’lingaliro locheperapo; sakhala m’nyumba koma m’khola. Koma ali ndi ubwino wina umene umapangitsa mitima yambiri kugunda mofulumira. Umu ndi momwe nkhuku zimapangira chakudya cham'mawa; Kutengera mtundu, mutha kufikira pachisa choyika pafupifupi tsiku lililonse ndikutulutsa dzira - lomwe mukudziwa kuti linayikidwa ndi nkhuku yosangalala komanso yathanzi.
Simumatopa ndi nkhuku, chifukwa pabwalo la nkhuku nthawi zambiri simakhala chete. Kutha kukhala bata pang'ono kwa mphindi zingapo masana nthawi zambiri, pamene nkhuku zikuwotha dzuwa kapena kusamba pamchenga. Kupanda kutero, nyama zokonda zosangalatsa zimakanda, kujowina, kumenyana, kuikira mazira, kapena kuyeretsa, zomwe zimachita bwino komanso kangapo patsiku.
N’zosakayikitsa kuti ziweto zilinso ndi phindu la maphunziro kwa ana. Amaphunzira kukhala ndi udindo komanso kulemekeza nyama monga zolengedwa anzawo. Koma ndi nkhuku, ana samangophunzira kuzisamalira komanso kuzidyetsa tsiku lililonse. Amadziwanso kuti mazira ochokera ku golosale sapangidwa pamzere wa msonkhano, koma amaikidwa ndi nkhuku. Izi zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuwaphunzitsa kuti mkaka umachokera ku ng'ombe ndi zokazinga kuchokera kumunda wa mbatata.
Kuyambira Kukhulupirira mpaka Cheeky
Komabe, nkhuku sizothandiza komanso zosangalatsa kuziwona. Nthawi zonse pali chinachake chomwe chikuchitika mu bwalo la nkhuku, khalidwe la nkhuku nthawi zonse limakondweretsa ofufuza a khalidwe. Mwachitsanzo, Erich Baumler, anaona nkhuku kwa zaka zambiri ndipo analemba buku loyamba la Chijeremani lonena za khalidwe la nkhuku m’zaka za m’ma 1960, limene limatchulidwabe masiku ano.
Koma nkhuku zimakhulupiriranso nyama zomwe zimatha kugonedwa kapena kuzitola. Sachedwa kuzolowera miyambo ina. Ngati mumawapatsa mbewu kapena zakudya zabwino nthawi zonse akalowa m’dera lawo, amathamangira mukangoonana koyamba kuti asaphonye chilichonse. Mutha kuyandikira kwambiri mitundu yodalirika ngati Chabos kapena Orpingtons. Si zachilendo kwa iwo ngakhale kudya kuchokera m’manja mwanu pambuyo pa kanthaŵi kochepa kuwazoloŵera. Ndi mitundu yamanyazi ngati Leghorns, nthawi zambiri zimatenga nthawi yayitali kuti zizolowere. Nthawi zina mumayenera kuyang'anira Araucanas, chifukwa nthawi zambiri amakhala opusa komanso opusa.
Nkhuku sizimasiyana kokha m’makhalidwe komanso maonekedwe, mitundu, ndi kukula kwake. Pokhala ndi mitundu yoposa 150 yotsatiridwa mu Poultry Standard, mlimi aliyense wofuna kuŵeta mosakayikira adzapeza nkhuku yomuyenerera.
Zaka makumi angapo zapitazo, alimi a nkhuku ankayang'anitsitsa pang'ono. Iwo ankaonedwa kuti ndi osamala komanso kwamuyaya dzulo. Komabe, zimenezi zasintha kwambiri m’zaka zaposachedwapa. Masiku ano, nkhuku zakhala zikuweta, ndipo nkhuku zimangolira ndi kukanda m’minda ya m’nyumba zina za m’tauni. Chifukwa cha izi chagona mbali imodzi muzochitika zamakono zodyera zakudya zomwe zimakhala zathanzi momwe zingathere ndi njira zazifupi kwambiri zoyendera.
Kumbali ina, luso lamakono limathandizanso. Chifukwa ngati muli ndi zida zokwanira, mumangotsala pang'ono kuyang'anira ziweto. Chifukwa cha wotchi yawo yamkati, nyama zimapita ku khola madzulo madzulo. Malo olowera kumalo osungirako nkhuku madzulo komanso m'mawa amakhala ndi chipata chodzichitira okha. Chifukwa cha zipangizo zamakono zothirira ndi kudyetsa, ntchitoyi imamasulidwanso kwa oweta nkhuku masiku ano - ngakhale ulendo woyendera nthawi zonse umalimbikitsa.
Ngati nkhuku zili ndi malo obiriwira kuti zizithamangira m'chilimwe, kumene zimatha kuthyola zipatso zomwe zagwa, chakudyacho chimakhala chotalikirapo. Pokhapokha pamasiku otentha ndi bwino kuyang'ana madzi tsiku lililonse. Nkhuku sizimavutika ndi kutentha kusiyana ndi kuzizira. Akakhala opanda madzi kwa nthawi yayitali, amatha kutenga matenda. Pankhani ya nkhuku, zimatha kuyambitsa kuyimitsidwa kapena kupangitsa kuti ntchito yocheperako ikhale yocheperako.